Home Made Dinner

    It has rained off and on all day and is still sprinkling. At one point this afternoon the wind was coming in strong gusts and I had to close the awning in case it blew away.  It was still warm but is cooling off now. I didn't need the A/C at all today which is good news.

    I finished my current book this afternoon and it had a very satisfying ending. I noticed it is on the best seller list this week. Now I have started a P.D. James book, "The Murder Room". I am a great fan of her books.

   I did manage a bit of gardening this afternoon but didn't need a swim after. I tried out a new meal for dinner tonight - crab spring rolls. When I cleaned out the freezer last week I found some wrappers so defrosted them today and made up a vegetable mix to which I added a can of crab meat. They were a bit greasy (I had to use olive oil in which to fry them) but were quite tasty, especially with plum sauce for dipping. There's some left for tomorrow.

TGIF

    I had to be at the tennis courts by 8:15 this morning but the traffic was horrible and I was almost late. However, the coffee was brewing by the time I had one set and the rest of the morning I was manning the board so didn't play again. It was still very hot (29C) so I was quite happy to sit in the shade.

   Nothing else on the agenda today so I spent the afternoon reading and cooling off in the pool. It clouded over around 4:00 p.m. so there was some respite from the heat and I watered the garden and pulled a few weeds - nothing too strenuous. Tonight there are the men's semi-finals to watch but I may switchover to something else if they are not too interesting. I have had my fill of tennis this week!

No Sign of Fall

    I had a long day yesterday, only getting home just before 8:00 p.m. We had spent the day in Prince Edward County on a Wine and Cheese tour but, unfortunately, I forgot my camera. It was very hot but we were mostly in the air conditioned bus and buildings. I got some nippy cheese, two bottles of wine and a packet of culinary lavender from a lavender farm. We had a tasty lunch at a winery with several "tastings" followed by a tour of the winery. There was a huge thunderstorm on the way home that slowed us up a bit but it was dry again by the time we got back to the drop off area.

    More rain overnight but it is still very hot. Today was a quieter day as I just had the RTO meeting in the morning, home for an early lunch then the last Zumba class. Since then I have been reading "The Couple Next Door" by Shari Lapena. From the first few chapters I think it may be in the same genre as "Gone Girl", a book (and movie) I enjoyed last year. I can't put it down!

Summer Continues

   The traffic was appalling on the way to the tennis courts this morning. Thank goodness I wasn't trying to get to work, I would have been totally frazzled. I tried several roads but what with construction and traffic light malfunctions, not one was travelling fast. Then, when I arrived there was no coffee! Luckily I had an emergency stash in the freezer so we got that going lickety split. It was fearfully hot and humid and I was not on my best game but had a nice cooling swim when I got home.

   Since then it has been reading or watching tennis on TV - too hot to work in the garden - at one point my outside thermometer registered 36C - but had a second swim just an hour ago and feel refreshed. The house is staying quite cool but tomorrow's high may put an end to that - it's supposed to be 32C. 

   Leftover chicken thighs (my favourite Tuscan chicken recipe) for dinner and I have already snacked on an artichoke and asiago dip so I won' be going hungry.